Articles by Amandah Blackwell

About Amandah Blackwell

Amandah Blackwell is a creative, freelance and ghost writer for industries that include but are not limited to the arts & entertainment, travel, publishing, real estate, pets, personal and professional development, and much more.

Amandah's personal writing projects include screenplays, teleplays, YA, non-fiction, short stories, and poetry.

You can find more of her writing at www.MisticCafe.com, savvywritingcareers.wordpress.com, and www.savvy-writer.com.

You can follow Amandah on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/savvy_writer

Post» 7 Warning Signs You’re Sabotaging Your Travel Writing

Posted: June 16, 2014 Amandah Blackwell

Thanks to the internet, your travel writing is available for everyone to read. And for new writers, this can be scary. After all, these days everyone’s a critic, and you may not want to be […]

Post» How To Capitalize on Opportunities

Posted: April 9, 2010 Amandah Blackwell

You’re at a Travel Writing Conference, and an editor or PR person wants to follow up with you. So you quickly whip out a business card…..or do you? I’m surprised by how few new media […]

Post» Automate Your Twitter Tasks with Tweet Adder

Updated: Mar 9^th, 2010Posted: March 8, 2010 Amandah Blackwell

Twitter has become enormously popular. Celebrities such as Oprah are on Twitter. Ok, Oprah is probably not tweeting herself, but someone from her organization is. It’s a great way to keep fans and followers up-to-date […]

Post» Dramaticapedia Takes the Drama Out of Writing

Posted: February 24, 2010 Amandah Blackwell

On occasion travel writers find themselves with a story that is much more than just material for an article. They may decide to try their hand at writing a book. And as often happens with […]

Post» A Travel Writer’s Dream Kit Come True, Maybe

Posted: January 6, 2010 Amandah Blackwell

Travel fiction can be a refreshing approach to writing about travel. There are many ‘non-fiction’ books on the market and a work of fiction could be a breath of fresh air that a Publisher is […]

Post» What If Wikipedia Weren’t There?

Updated: Mar 12^th, 2010Posted: December 23, 2009 Amandah Blackwell

Wikipedia is the most used resource on the internet. In fact, it’s the largest and most interactive encyclopedia online, and consistently ranks in the Top 10 of ‘most visited websites’ – in some cases the […]

Post» Promote Yourself With a Portfolio Site

Posted: December 2, 2009 Amandah Blackwell

Most of the travel writers and travel bloggers we work with focus most, if not all, of their writing on (own) their travel blog, or the travel blogs of other individuals or blog communities. And […]

Post» Finding Untapped Travel Writing Niches

Updated: Mar 11^th, 2010Posted: November 18, 2009 Amandah Blackwell

Recently, a new member of our forum who plans to attend college in Canada asked us a question about creating a single travel blog to write about two different travel writing niches. He has an […]

Post» Learn to Craft a Perfect Author Bio

Updated: Jan 20^th, 2021Posted: October 21, 2009 Amandah Blackwell

If you’re writing on your own travel blog, you already know that you should have an Author Biography. Most commonly used on your ‘About’ page, your Author Bio is what fills the reader in on […]

Post» It’s Not Just All Travel Articles – Part III

Updated: Mar 11^th, 2010Posted: October 14, 2009 Amandah Blackwell

This is the last – but most important – of this three-part series about the writing travel writers need to do in addition to travel writing. The focus of this week’s blog post is the […]